MAINLY FOR WOMEN

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 April 1925, Page 8

MAINLY FOR WOMEN

——— ■ NEWS AND NOTES? ' • • ■ -rv 1 ■■■ ;■*' Lady Haward, wife of Sir Harry Haward, was seized with illness while motoring from her home at Beaconsfield to Uxbridge. 1 She turned the car, intending apparently, to return home, but the vehicle ran along the

bank for 140 yards, crossed the road 'and stopped. Lady Haward .was found dead at the ,’wheel. Medical evidence at the inquest'was to the effect that death was probably caused by a clot of blood. A verdict of death Jrom ‘ natural causes was recorded. ■ ‘ Mr Justice Shearjnan, in a, divorce action at Manchester, observed, “We do not., sell wives in these days with ropes round their necks.” A husband claimed damages against the corespondent. “There seems to be a notion,” \said the Judge, “that people can come to the Divorce. Court and obtain damages in every case. / strongly object. The co-respondeiit has relieved the petitioner .of a thoroughly bad wife. A man who brings a divorce action for the purpose ol getting -happily married to anomer woman has no claim, as he suffers nc damage.” ■' The Rev. J. E. W. Wallis, vicar 61 Whalley (Lancs), refers in. his parish magazine to dancing, its advantages, ana some«of its abuses. “Dancing seems to me,”- he says, “to be not only an excellent and not too violent ' exercise, but also a social occasion of great value to ,our young . people. Is it not all to the good i ? that our young men and young wo ■'men should be able to meet in good conditions where all are engaged ir 4 an exercise which demands good man ners throughout ? y ■ A The pierrot hat, with a bow tied oi top of the crown, has suddenly dis appeared. The flood of cheap imita tions, dealt it a death-blow, and i , has been succeeded by a great variety of. shapes\for the spring, writes t Londoner.!’-" A newly-returned holi-day-maker states that the latest mil liliery. displays in Christchurch an very'startling indeed. True, th< bows on the crowns are not so com mon, -put their-.place is being taker by parrots.' Not just a few gailj . colourgd feathers, but the whole hire . is" to be seen perching on the hai with it's sweeping tail feathers touch ing the shoulder of the wearer. Courage' now seems to be becoming a he cessary adjunct to smartness. A reference to the rumour- of tin engagement of Signor Marconi to Miss Elizabeth Paynter, the 18-year-olc daughter of Colonel Paynter, an on Cornwall friend of the famous inven tor, is made by the Rome correspondent of the London Daily News. The correspondent points out that Signoi Marconi cannot marry again unless he renounces Italian citizenship which would, include the renunciatior of his Senatorial position. The reasor is that the Italian Courts do not re cognise the divorce under Hungarrar law obtained by Signor Marconi.

It is no longei’ fashionable to wear yoUT long p&arl necklace' as such. A first attempt to introduce variety resulted merely in novel methods of arranging the oinament; such as knotting it the back of the neck, or on the shoulder. But these coquetries are now completely out of date. To be really in the mode you must use your pearl chain as a coiffure .ornament, passing it over the forehead, and twisting it. .at the. back .of the head over your chignon, Or, in. /any* other way your fanty may dictate.' j■

For combing bobbed hair it is best to use a comb with j fine teeth and to comb from.underneath upwards. If the hair is very straight it is a good plan to shake the comb out in warm water before using it, dipping it into the water from time to time to keep the teeth slightly damp. It is advisable to start at the nape., of the neck and to. comb first toward one ear, then toward the other; then the head should be fanned with' a Ralm leaf or other strong fan,, for two or three minutes. This treatment makes the hair look very wavy and fluffy and will induce a’ natural “kink” if continued for several months. 1 ■ ,

Mme. Lurie Laurka, * an- American woman who has completed, , a sevenyears’ tour of the world/made some strong comments on American methods of living, in a lecture on the culture of the body at the American Women’s Club, London, recently., “We are a canned food country, and eat more poisoned foods than any other country in the world, ’ A she Said. | “We have more cancgn than any other country, and unless we teach ourselves and our childfen to eat simpler- and more natural foods. I see no hope for us as a race. We never vlalk more than a few yards. English wonieii are stronger than American women. This is because they eat simpler foods and do plenty of walking.”

Although in Mexico women are not •treated with great) consideration, a young Mexican wdhian has attained one of the highest posts in the Republic. The woman’s name is Chblita Gonzalez, she is still under 30, and she has been connected with public life ever since she was adopted by President Madero, who over-threw Porfirio Diaz in 1911 after the splendid tyrant had given the Republic half a century of capable government. Senorita Gonzalez assisted Madero in every phase of z his work, and when he was assassinated in 1913, she offered her services to the General Plutarco Elias Calles, who has become President, but was then only a roving soldier. The brave girl followed Calles for years through his campaigns, sharing the dangers of the battlefield. with a stout heart and undiminished hope. Now she is the new President’s private secretary.

' “Better to have loved and lost than never loved at all,” was the maxim adopted by a young man of about 22 in Wanganui the other day (says the Herald). He was actually on his way to the office of the with a witness to wed a young lady from the district, when he suddenly changed his mind, and within a hundred yards of the place where both were to say “I will,” and l to link hands for better or worse, he tore tfp the license. It was not a case of the bride to be being left waiting, for the prospective husband met her at the door and informed her of his decision. She neither swooned nor growled, but accepted the decision in a most philosophic manner and bestowed' smiling and bewitching eyes upon the best man, who had journeyed all the way from the South Island to do honor to his old l friend, the bridegroom eleSf. Tf now transpires that since the interesting development, the young lady has become engaged to the best man,